400 New Publications. 



1845. These explanations suficienthi prove that the author has met with great 

 effect the arguments of fits distinguished opponents. 



7. On the Domesticated Animals of the British Islands ; comprehend- 

 ing the natural and economical history of Species and Varieties ; the de- 

 scription of the properties of External Form ; and observations on the 

 principles and practice of Breeding, 8vo, pp. 767. By David Low, 

 Esq., F.R.S.E. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. 

 1845. Our readers will be able to judge of the excellent information contained in 

 this volume of the distinguished author, by the extracts inserted in this volume of our 

 Journal. 



8. The Practical Astronomer. By Thomas Dick, LL,D. London : 

 Seeley, Burnside, and Seeley, Fleet Street. 1845. A fine subject, we are 

 afraid too much, popularized by the Author. 



9. A History of the Fossil Insects in the Secondary Rocks of Eng- 

 land. Accompanied by a particular account of the strata in which they 

 occur, and of the circumstances connected with their preservation. 

 8vo. By the Rev. Peter Bellinger Brodie, M.A., F.G.S. London : John 



Van Voorst, Paternoster Row. 1845. Another excellent volume ,• forming 

 one of Mr Van Voorsfs capital series of original works on Natural History now in 

 course of publication. 



10. On Three several Hurricanes of the American Seas, and their re- 

 lations to the Northers, so called, of the Gulf of Mexico and the Bay of 

 Honduras, with Charts illustrating the same. By W. C. Redfield. 8vo. 

 1846. 



11. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society for Promoting 

 Useful Knowledge. Vol. IX. New Series. Part II. 4to. Published 

 by the Society. Philadelphia, 1845. Also, Proceedings of the Society 

 up to August 1845. 



12. No. 12, New Series, March 1846, of the Journal of Agriculture, 

 and the Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scot- 

 land. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. 



13. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, up to No. 77- 1845. 

 New Series. 



14. Proceedings of the Philosophical Society of Glasgow, for 1842-43, 

 1843-44, 1844-45. Richard GrifSn and Co., Glasgow. We are pleased 

 to find this Society in so flourishing a condition. The Proceedings now before 

 us afford ample proofs of the activity and knowledge of the members. 



15. Memoir on the Rotation of Crops, and on the quantity of Inor- 

 ganic Matters abstracted from the soil by various plants under different 

 circumstances. By Charles Daubeny, M.D., F.R.S., &c. London, 

 1845. 4to. 



16. The New Statistical Account of Scotland. By the Ministers of 

 the respective Parishes. 15 volumes, 8vo. William Blackwood & Sons, 

 Edinburgh and London. 1845. 



This national work being now finished, we again recommend it to general atten- 

 tion. From the very interesting and important nature of it* contents we hope ere 



